Drawing dormer with overhang using the Roof Covering tool

Drawing a dormer with an overhang

• Draw a roof plane including a dormer plane on a document.

  

  Fig.: Roof plane with dormer plane

• It is advisable to start by drawing the outline of the dormer's roof covering including its overhang in construction line format in plan view.

To draw a dormer with an overhang using Roof Covering

1. Click Roof Covering (How).
   

   Activate Roof Covering in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Architecture General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

   • Configuration: Architecture Roofs and Planes flyout
2. Click Properties and set the parameters of the roof covering as follows:
   • Define the shape of the Eaves.
     
     
   • Enter the Thickness of the roof covering and, if necessary, a value for Height above plane.
   • Click Dormer (on the far right) in the Entry Type area as the roof covering is to be placed above the dormer plane only.
     
     
3. Click OK to confirm the dialog box.
4. Enter the outline of the dormer as you would a polyline. Click the points in the initial design in plan view.

   

   Fig.: Dormer overhang in 2D and construction line color

   Tip: To enter an overhang, enter a value for the overhang after you have set the first point. You can change it with every point you enter.

5. Press ESC to quit the tool.

   The roof covering is created and immediately adapts to the envelope defined by the dormer planes.

   The result looks like this:

   

   Fig.: Wireframe model of dormer